Beth DeFalco
The Archive
Car-wash owners decry proposed new regulations as too costly
Car wash owners say they're being hosed. The City Council is considering a bill to regulate car washes - a tiny industry with just 200 outlets - imposing a long...
Lobbyists who backed de Blasio for mayor have access
Mayor de Blasio personally met with six registered lobbyists in his first three months in office — half of whom were his supporters in last year’s mayoral race, The Post...
Mark-Viverito has properties valued well over $1M
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito owns properties worth well over $1 million, according to financial disclosure forms made public Thursday. The forms, which all city officials have to file, show Mark-Viverito...
De Blasio rips Housing Authority over kid slaying
Mayor de Blasio unleashed a blistering attack on the city Housing Authority Tuesday over the lack of surveillance cameras in the building where a 6-year-old boy was killed and another...
FDNY budgets $1.3M safe-driving course for fire truck and ambulance drivers
The FDNY has budgeted $1.3 million to put every ambulance and fire truck driver through a one-day “refresher” driving course, outgoing Fire Commissioner Sal Cassano told the City Council Monday....
New jails chief says NYC’s jail system is in big trouble
The city’s jail system is in “deep trouble” according to an assessment by the new Corrections Commissioner. Testifying before a City Council budget hearing Monday, jails chief Joe Ponte said...
The de Blasio clan is finally moving to Gracie Mansion
It may be the slowest nine-mile move in history. The de Blasios are finally moving to Gracie Mansion six months after announcing their decision to give up Park Slope, Brooklyn,...
Bickering politicians cancel press conference in wake of Bridgegate
Bickering New York and New Jersey lawmakers canceled a press conference on historic Port Authority reform after Bridgegate at the last minute on Friday morning. New Jersey assemblyman John Wisniewski,...
Brooklyn pols in Twitter fight over police tactics
Former mayoral candidate Sal Albanese and Brooklyn City Councilman Brad Lander got into a fierce Twitter fight on Wednesday over the de Blasio administration’s policing tactics. Albanese, a Bay Ridge...
Bill de Blasio’s LICH crusade hits another snag
The mayor's costly bid to keep healthcare services operating in Cobble Hill took another hit Wednesday, after a second real estate firm saw its tentative deal with SUNY fall apart....
De Blasio administration considers lifting ban on pet ferrets
The de Blasio administration is considering overturning a 15-year-old ban on some New Yorkers’ favorite furry creatures: ferrets. The ban on the weasels could be overturned after the Health Department...
De Blasio bars media from many public events
A review of Mayor de Blasio’s public schedule has found that more than 20 percent of his events were closed to the press. Media were barred from 53 events and...
New Yorkers flock to beaches to celebrate Memorial Day
After a ridiculously cold winter, the city was finally sizzling again on Memorial Day, and millions of New Yorkers took advantage, flocking to Coney Island and other area beaches and...
Rangel has spent more than 200K fighting congressional censure
Rep. Charles Rangel is still fighting his long court battle to have his congressional censure overturned. He’s spent more than $200,000 to date — and has been filing legal papers...
Politicians who curbed cops stir fury by crying foul at crime spike
City Council members who last year approved restrictions on NYPD tactics are hypocritically crying foul now that violence is on the upswing, critics in their districts charged on Wednesday. The...
Wright routinely loads up on overnight state per diems
Harlem Assemblyman Keith Wright is routinely one of Albany’s highest per-diem earners — and sometimes collected payments when he wasn’t even in the state capital. A review of two years’...
De Blasio officiates marriage of his favorite barista
It was a true espresso of affection by Mayor de Blasio. Hizzoner paid back his favorite barista Sunday by officiating at the man’s wedding at City Hall. Edouard Houilliez, a...
Rangel aide linked to nonprofit looted by Wills: officials
Rep. Charles Rangel’s campaign manager helped create a shady nonprofit at the center of a corruption investigation involving City Councilman Reuben Wills, The Post has learned. Rasheida Smith, a longtime...
Principal used parent coordinator for personal errands
A Bronx middle-school principal who used her parent coordinator as a personal errand coordinator has resigned and paid a $2,500 fine, officials said Monday. Adrienne Phifer, principal at The Forward...
De Blasio family treats NYC's first lady on Mother's Day
Mayor de Blasio took to Twitter to wish wife Chirlane a Happy Mother's Day on Sunday with a photo of him and a little Chiara and infant Dante looking adorable...